GD support thread

[shambaby]

If it doesn't go away as soon as you give birth, then it wasn't gestational diabetes, but undiagnosed type 1 or 2. Once the baby is born the demand for insulin returns to normal pretty much immediately, and the insulin resistance is gone, so it is apparently like switchinp off a switch and you can go back to eating normally straight away. Must remember to ask at my next appointment about how long I should continue to test after the birth.

Good luck at the hospital x

 

[BroodyBlair]

I love the positivety that it will hopefully go away after birth.... however most of the information i read, most aren't diagnosed to after 28wks. I was diagnosed at 10w3d (first scan) so i do have a feeling that i may have alredy had diabetes and didnt know. I guess i'll find out 6wks after our little man is born and deal with it then.

When were you diagnosed? Thanks xx

 

[Newt4]

I do have to say its all not genetic. I have no family history of diabetes anywhere but yet here I have it. My doctor says I'm one of those rare cases where they look at me and say why does she have this. The answer is hormones produced by the placenta.

 

[AmeliePoulain]

I do have to say its all not genetic. I have no family history of diabetes anywhere but yet here I have it. My doctor says I'm one of those rare cases where they look at me and say why does she have this. The answer is hormones produced by the placenta.

I have been told exactly the same - the reason my Australian born doctor wishes all women were tested in the UK like they are in other countries. I was completely missed in my first pregnancy until 36 weeks, luckily everything turned out fine.

No one in my family as far back as great grandparents has or had diabetes

 

[NatalieW]

Mine went away after first pregnancy. Lost a dress size before this pregnancy, still made no difference. But controlled it better and longer with diet.

I was told to stop testing immediately after birth and then just get re tested on a fasting one 3 or 6months after. I can't quite remember which.

 

[padbrat]

Hi all...

Hosp appt wasn't as bad as expected. I am now the not so proud owner of a monitor and have to test 6 times on 3 days of the week.... if my levels come out of range two times within a week I have to phone the diabetic team and may get put on metiform (sp?).

I was told that I have a repeat GTT test at 6 wks post birth to see if GD has gone.

I was aware that not all ladies get GD due to genetics.... was just trying to figure out why I had it. The diabetic nurse said mine was most likely genetic. Although they also said it could be linked to my thyroid which is massively overactive. I had only just restarted my anti thyroid meds when I had my GTT test and apparently that could have altered the results... but regardless they were going to treat me for GD regardless... booo... I thought I had got away with it! LOOL

 

[starlight2801]

Hi ladies

I'm 37 weeks pregnant with my second baby and was diagnosed with GD after a high level of glucose was found in my urine sample at a random visit to triage due to reduced movement. I was 35+6 when my diagnosis was made by a GTT

I'm livid at the hospital. I should have been tested at 28 weeks as I have a number of risk factors; I'm 37, had a big baby previously and my sister has had GD in both of her pregnancies At my booking appointment back when I was 14 weeks pregnant the midwife simply told me I don't need to be tested for GD as my BMI isn't high enough!!!

Because of my late diagnosis the past week or so has been a panic. I've had lots of different appointments and I've been anxious about the effect that my condition has had/will have on my little man when I didn't know about it and was eating carbs like they were going out of fashion.

I've had to go on insulin at breakfast as although my blood sugars are good and controllable by diet at any other time of day they sky rocket an hour after breakfast, whatever I eat (even things that I can eat for lunch!).

I had a growth scan which estimates he would be 9 Ib 9 at 40 weeks if they were to let me go to term but things are otherwise well with him.

The doctors said they wanted to induce me at 38 weeks but I had an emergency section with my daughter and have been quite clear throughout this pregnancy that although I'd like to try a VBAC if I go into labour myself I do not want to be induced, both due to the increased strain on my previous scar and the high likelihood of it ending in another emergency section, especially when done early.

She said that if I wanted an elective section I should have booked one earlier (doh - I might well have done if you diagnosed me earlier ) but reluctantly booked me in at 38.5 as apparently there were no slots a available until then. She laid it on thick about the risks to my baby with be being on insulin but then I got a phone call yesterday bumping my section to the following day when I'll be 38+6

I'm so confused and upset and worried about my little man. The doctor wasn't clear about why she wanted him delivered at 38 weeks so I've googled (always a bad idea) and now I'm even more anxious.

I know I haven't got long to wait now but feeling really scared and completely let down by the hospital.

Has anyone else been in a similar position and everything's been ok? x

 

[TTC36]

Starlight,
I posted this a while back, and you may find it informative (and hopefully reassuring):
https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/g...45416-gd-support-thread-344.html#post16501683

I know it's not ideal, but there are definitely some women on here who had untreated/undiagnosed GD pregnancies whose babies were totally okay. If your numbers have largely been in control during the day, and you are on insulin now, then you probably have much less to worry about than someone who has gone entirely undiagnosed. I think even a couple weeks of tight glucose controls can make a difference, and keep in mind that scans are notoriously inaccurate!

I hope everything works out safe and healthy for you!

 

[shambaby]

I know it's hard, but try not to worry - if your sugars are well controlled now until delivery then that should reduce the chances of any problems for baby. And it sounds like you're doing all you can now. With hindsight my consultant and I suspect I had GD in my first pregnancy - I did have a gtt around 28weeks because of glucose in my urine and polyhydramnios, which was normal, but I continued to have both on and off, and wasn't retested. Hayden was 8lb2oz, so not huge, but big for me, and the polyhydramnios became really very high - way off the chart - and meant he never managed to get head down and engage, resulting in a c-section after a failed induction at 41 weeks. That might not sound like a comforting story, but my point is it's likely I had undiagnosed GD, which was having what should have been some very obvious effects, plus I went over due, and Hayden was perfectly healthy. So now that you are being monitored and treated your little man should be just fine. Good luck, and I hope everything goes well over the next week x

 

[starlight2801]

Thanks ladies,

Well today I had my first post breakfast blood sugar reading of under the 7.8! Finally!

Hopefully I'll be able to keep this up for the next week until my little man comes x

 

[Newt4]

awesome! Im again struggling with evening numbers.

 

[AmeliePoulain]

Me too Newt My doctor said today it was really normal and if anything take comfort it means the placenta is doing what it is supposed to be doing

What sort of numbers are you getting?

 

[pinktiara]

Hey everyone this is my second pregnancy and I was just told I have gestational diabetes i'm kind of freaking out and not sure what my case is. I wont know much until i see my dr and she refers me to a specialist. Maybe someone can explain if these numbers are horrible or just mild.

Glucose load 75 g
fasting glucose H5.7 mmol/L range = <5.1
Glucose 1 hr H11.4 mmol/L range= <10
Glucose 2 hr 7.8 mmol/L range= <8.5

I am hypoglycemic so this is a whole new ballgame for me I have been reading all these terrible things this could mean

 

[Newt4]

AP- it depends on the food. I cant eat healthy take out any more (sends it in the 8 or 9s). Meals that i would usually be in the high 5's,Im in the high 6's and low 7s now. I cant eat brown rice and now only a half of a baked potato. Exercise is'nt helping at all for after dinner and same with protein loading with the carbs.
Ive increase my snack before dinner hopping it would help but no.
Morning and lunch Im still goo though.

Pink- its not as bad or as scary as it makes itself to be lol.
Your fasting number is a little concerning but the other look like they will be controlled by diet. What did you eat the night before the test.

 

[pinktiara]

thanx newt im totally freaking out i gotta stop reading lol I dont remember what I ate 12 hours before the test I think it was fajitas.

 

[AmeliePoulain]

AP- it depends on the food. I cant eat healthy take out any more (sends it in the 8 or 9s). Meals that i would usually be in the high 5's,Im in the high 6's and low 7s now. I cant eat brown rice and now only a half of a baked potato. Exercise is'nt helping at all for after dinner and same with protein loading with the carbs.
Ive increase my snack before dinner hopping it would help but no.
Morning and lunch Im still goo though.

You sound similar to how I am at the moment tbh

Dinner for me now has to be purely protein and green veg.

I know you would rather not be induced but are they letting you go to 41 weeks?

 

[shambaby]

Hey everyone this is my second pregnancy and I was just told I have gestational diabetes i'm kind of freaking out and not sure what my case is. I wont know much until i see my dr and she refers me to a specialist. Maybe someone can explain if these numbers are horrible or just mild.

Glucose load 75 g
fasting glucose H5.7 mmol/L range = <5.1
Glucose 1 hr H11.4 mmol/L range= <10
Glucose 2 hr 7.8 mmol/L range= <8.5

I am hypoglycemic so this is a whole new ballgame for me I have been reading all these terrible things this could mean

Where in the world are you? Different places have different cut-offs, and at the hospital I am at your fasting would have been fine, as the normal range is <6.0, and your 2 hour would have been borderline - the range is <7.8. They don't test at 1 hour. And the glucose load is the same, so it's comparable. My 2 hour was 9.4, and so far diet is doing the trick, although breakfast is becoming difficult. I am trying to learn to love eggs, but honestly I'm not a huge fan. Looking forward to a nicebig bowl of cereal when things go back to normal.

Good luck, hope you get your appointment soon - I hated the limbo feeling, waiting until I could start testing and know what was going on. I didn't want to eat anything for fear it would be doing harm x

 

[AmeliePoulain]

Hey everyone this is my second pregnancy and I was just told I have gestational diabetes i'm kind of freaking out and not sure what my case is. I wont know much until i see my dr and she refers me to a specialist. Maybe someone can explain if these numbers are horrible or just mild.

Glucose load 75 g
fasting glucose H5.7 mmol/L range = <5.1
Glucose 1 hr H11.4 mmol/L range= <10
Glucose 2 hr 7.8 mmol/L range= <8.5

I am hypoglycemic so this is a whole new ballgame for me I have been reading all these terrible things this could mean

Your fasting would have been fine where I am too - I have to be under 6 before all meals and 2 hours post meals.

With my GTT with my daughter my 1hr reading was over 11. I managed on diet control

 

[Newt4]

Personally I'm starting to ease to being induced but my doctors don't think I need it. But they don't know about the dinner problems I'm currently having. I see them tomorrow.
I made these muffins for my labour snack.
https://southerninlaw.blogspot.com.au/p/recipage.html?recipe_id=6034273
They actually taste good. I used protein powder, 1/4c brown sugar and added a small amount of chocolate chips. We'll see how my body reacts to them.

Pink my fasting cut off was 5.3.

 

[AmeliePoulain]

Personally I'm starting to ease to being induced but my doctors don't think I need it. But they don't know about the dinner problems I'm currently having. I see them tomorrow.
I made these muffins for my labour snack.
https://southerninlaw.blogspot.com.au/p/recipage.html?recipe_id=6034273
They actually taste good. I used protein powder, 1/4c brown sugar and added a small amount of chocolate chips. We'll see how my body reacts to them.

Pink my fasting cut off was 5.3.

Well I am being induced on Friday - having the gel in the evening with a view to her arriving on or very close to her EDD of the 25th.

I had another sweep today and my cervix is doing what it should so who knows

I am really happy to have got this far on diet control, they said at the hospital today they don't see many 2nd timers at 39+ weeks. I am more pregnant now than I was with my daughter so I am more relaxed about being induced, hopefully this one will be better baked and happier to come out!